We've got an old-fashioned, Sunday doubleheader here in the District. A reminder to those of you coming to the park: If you have a ticket for today's game, it's good for both games. If you had a ticket to yesterday's game, you can exchange it for a seat of equal value at both of today's games.

Game 1 features Jason Marquis vs. Yovani Gallardo. Jim Riggleman is fielding the lineup he planned to use yesterday before the rains came, with Danny Espinosa leading off, Ian Desmond sixth, Ivan Rodriguez behind the plate and Alex Cora at third base.

I've never been to an honest to goodness double header before. Added to Spring Training, it's another notch in my baseball experience belt. Looking for a perfect game from one of our own sometime soon to make it three. Why the heck not?Surely Ramos will catch Livo. ANd get some good run production while he's at it.

We have to do something about Cora and Harsten. Neither can hit. Cora is late on everything and just pops out to the left fielder. Watch the game today and you will see. They need to retool their bench with Stairs, Cora and Harsten DFA'd. Lastly this Willingham trade is looking a little iffy.

Oh and Riggs should have switched Hernandez and Marquis for today's DH. Have Livan face off against Gallardo, giving us a better chance of winning than Marquis against an ace pitcher. If I recall, Livan threw a shutout against Milwaukee last season.

Mu first honest to goodness doubleheader occurred June 14, 1964. The Senators lost to the Twins twice 4-0. Pascal and Kaat pitched for the Twins. Killibrew homered in each game."I Get Around was number 1 on billboard that week.My father though he hated Calvin Griffith (Or was it CLark he hated), still cheered for the Twins as he considered them the real Senators.Life as an 8 year old didn';t get better than a double header with your dad. I asked my 28 year old son if he wanted to go today, and like all my other friends none wanted to go. I guess I need to just start going solo.

Manassas — We're almost the same age, although my first twin-bill came a bit later. My first double header was at Shea Stadium, summer of 1969, Mets won two against the Padres. I was 12, and had suffered through a number of Mets' years that were worse than anything the Nats had done. Tom Seaver threw a shutout in one of the games, can't remember who pitched the other one (but, I'd bet I can find it on baseball-reference.com)

Did I tell you guys I have Gallardo also on my fantasy team (like Cliff Lee)? Does not look like Marquis can last long, one more I guess.Oh and I believe Espinosa does not have a hit yet from leadoff spot (only 2 games though).

NatsJack,Stop being ridiculous. Do you really think Willingham is going to hit .212 at the end of the year? He was a good player here. Give him that. And he was traded for prospects. That's the point, they are prospects, not sure things.

Manassas… Thanks for the walk down memory lane… I went to a double header with my late father in 1970… being 1 of 4 kids, 1 on 1 time with my dad was a rare occurrence… as a divorced dad with a son who is a HUGE Baseball fan, Having the Nats In town has been a Godsend to me.

No Natmat, you stop being ridiculous. The last three years Willingham has averaged 60 runs scored, 60 RBI's and a batting average of 260. He was hurt, each of these years, you say. Yeah, exactly. And he plays a mediocre defense as well. Nats Jack was right. Now, the Nats have two potentially good players.

Is Laynce Nix better defensively or what? I have noticed Riggs has done the Nix-for-Morse switch some times this season. Glad to see Pudge chase Gallardo away. I might lose the fantasy matchup because of his performance but who cares if my team wins.

Jeeves,Willingham's numbers in a Washington uniform .263/.377/.479 an OPS of .856 and an OPS+ of 128. That's a great hitter. His batting average is NOT the entire answer for his abilities. For reference, Jason Werth had numbers a bit below this for most of his time in Philly (2010 being the exception). There are some people on here, and you might not be one of them, who just have to slam former Nats players as lousy. Willingham is not a lousy player. Just be honest. He's a nice player who was traded for prospects. We'll see how the trade turns out in the future.

Natman, I liked Hammer, but you're just as guilty of selectively using stats. Rate stats don't tell the story for a guy who only plays 100 games a year. And he was tough in left field. And we only had control of him for one year. It was a good trade.Let's win two!

I consider Hammer as Werth without the glove. He just never got a chance to contribute on a daily basis. Injuries always hampered his play. Sometimes he would play injured or miss playing time. Otherwise I really liked him. Then again, Rizzo was trying to built more defense-oriented lineup and Josh did not fit the bill. @ Stranded in Philly, let us see if more people are interested, then we can work out something.

Manassas 1:27: Clark was the old man, nice old guy; passed on about '56. Calvin was the step-son who moved the club just when it was getting good when DC wouldn't pony up for a new stadium. Calvin is buried in DC in an undisclosed location (I'm not kidding).

NatinBeantown,I'm not saying Willingham is the best player ever. Nor am I saying it was a bad trade. I'm just saying Willingham is not some washed up lousy former National. The guy has value as a major leaguer.